Unmanned: Drone Racing and Tech

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🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Is it an Esport? Is it a “real” sport? Or is it a bit of both? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice investigate drone racing and technology with world champion Paul “Nurk” Nurkkala and drone engineer Justin Pearce.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk. I'm Neil the Grass Tyson.
0:18.0	You're a personal astrophysicist as host.
0:21.0	It is a sports edition of Star Talk
0:24.0	where we are going to talk about drone racing.
0:28.0	That's even a thing.
0:30.0	And I got with me, Gary, Gary.
0:32.0	Hey.
0:33.0	You're a sports guy.
0:35.0	I am.
0:36.0	Because you were an ex pro footballer.
0:39.0	Thank you.
0:40.0	Yes.
0:41.0	He still is an ex pro footballer.
0:43.0	You were a present tense ex football player.
0:47.0	Yes, I am.
0:48.0	Football as in soccer.
0:49.0	Yes. Chuck.
0:50.0	Hey, man.
0:51.0	Love you, man.
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